August 2010

Nuns had a holy cross to bear

Recently I received a most delightful letter from Vincent Rayne, chairman of the parish council of St Thomas’ church in Mossel Bay, explaining just why the Holy...

Newman’s brand of liberalism

I was reading the review of Cardinal John Henry Newman’s new biography, Newman’s Unquiet Grave: The Reluctant Saint by John Cornwell, in the London Book Review. The...

Giving a real choice

The Catholic Church’s opposition to abortion is immutable, but it also finds expression in different, complementary ways. This week’s first feature article in a series of four...

Proclaim the faith!

I am delighted to see that in spite of the best efforts of sports administrators to put a halt to the practice, more and more Catholics are...

Africa’s prophetic mission today

Over a century ago, missionaries arrived in different parts of Africa. They found no hospitals or schools as they had known them in their own countries. In...

Liturgical errors have a long history

From Attie Schlebusch, Camperdown, KZN: In his letter “How Mass language changed” (June 30), John Lee is correct in stating that the early liturgy was celebrated quite...

Two icons of the Church

For South Africans, it is a happy circumstance that the centenary of the birth of Mother Teresa of Calcutta on August 26 should coincide with the tour...